The chapters are arranged in some introduction and three parts.

Introduction — what this is all about

• Fundamental theories of modern science
• What atomic physics and chemistry tell us

Part I — the past

• What cosmology and astronomy tell us
• What geology tells us
• What evolution and paleontology tell us

Part II — the present

• What biochemistry and cellular biology tell us
• What anatomy and physiology tell us
• What developmental biology tells us
• What neuroscience tells us (coming … soon?)
• … probably much more

Part III — the future (the shortest part)

• What happens next … and last